Gina McCarthy
Gina McCarthy
Regina "Gina" McCarthyis an American public administrator and an environmental health and air quality expert, currently administrator for the United States Environmental Protection Agency. On March 4, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated McCarthy to replace Lisa Jackson as head of the EPA. Confirmation hearings started April 11, 2013. On July 18, 2013, she was confirmed after a record 136-day confirmation fight, becoming the face of Obama's global warming/climate change initiative...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
CountryUnited States of America
But I will tell you that I didn't go to Washington to sit around and wait for Congressional action. Never done that before, and don't plan to in the future,
Critics play a dangerous game when they denounce the science and law EPA has used to defend clean air for more than 40 years. The American people know better.
It's about the health and well-being of our children and the health and well-being of our world. Kids need to reconnect to the outdoors.
It is the wettest month in 104 years. It was 16 inches of rain, we have had 7 dams break, though there was no significant loss of property in those events.
The challenges are large and we have to work together.
The federal standards are simply not good enough. If we can't get the federal government to act, then we have to take action in any way we can.
EPA gets to set a standard for new. For the existing, EPA sets guidelines for what we think is appropriate, but then states develop plans that work for them, taking into consideration their specific energy mix.
You are to be commended. You have been patient. You have been dogged.